St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-13
The De Soto Saw Mill Reporter Again
Turned Loose on the Com
munity.
Men Who Watch the Band and Circular
Saws in Their Endless
Whirl.
Gossip Of the Sawyers and Their
W0rk---N0tes and News Among
the Mills.


nett 81 Record, who have sublet the
frame and foundation, etc., to the
Messrs. Carleton, the machinery being
put in by themselves, under the man.
agement of the Messrs Gromenhauser.
The iSt0nemasOnS took pointer from
the GLOBE and put on more steam. so
that MIR. Carleton was able to commence
raising the fore part of the week. He
kept one crowd raising while another is
completing the framing. Among the
latter Is the Well-known hustler, Robert
Martin.
A noble example was what the North
ern mill gave all the other mills by shut
ting down and giving all their employees
"day off, on Saturday. 1t was done
specially for the purpose of giving
them a chance to visit the State
Fair. On last Wednesday they lost
a quarter day on account of barrel of
bogus oil, which heated all their ma
chinery, the engine included. McNabb
y Carrier finger the latter article, while
Hubert Young endeavors to keep the
lumber Oh edge.
The soap factory, with its busy in
mates, escaped notice by accident for
the last few weeks, but as they have
soft soap Gas well as every other
quality enough of their own, they could
well afford to dispense with the i'm
ported and not genuine article. There
Is no soft soap, however, in saying that
the Fish Bros, with Poison on the side.
are doing some excellent work, both in
quality and quantity, the latter having
now reached 1900 boxes per month.
At the De Soto last Monday night one
OF the employees stepped Into space
OF the tramway and contact with terra
hrma broke him up, in more places than
one. He is still living, but in critical
condition. AT noon Saturday the three
piston rings of the engine broke, which
made the engineers, Harvey and son,
throw themselves around wickedly, and
at o'clock had everything ship shape.
Charles Bowknocker, a Swede, had one
OF his feet inflated Friday, by contact
with some falling lumber. John Gubbins
who formerly filed the Office of what is
vulgerly termed the shOver-in-guiding
Giants to the gang-SucceedS Mr.. WiltSe
as gang sawyer, the latter gentleman
having sought pastures new. He carries
with him the good wishes of all his
mates, who conformity wish him ''bon
voyage"
At the Day mill everything for the
past week was lovely, and the boys
''feel high"
o.
thing goes along like clock work. This
company, besides having monopoly of
city work, do large business, and send
stairs and other house finishings to the
extreme north, south, east and west.
This is the natural effect of doing good
work and doing it at reasonable figures.
AT Conkey's planning mill everything
worked like a charm. James Minson
has not yet been able to resume duty at
the DeSoto Boiler works from the effects
OF the hole Handle Bored with his re-
yolyer at the extremity Of his proboscis.
j. HI Campbell, the foreman of the
works, is man OF great experience at
boiler making. it being tWenty=seyen
and has done nothing else since. He
was nine years manager for Glenn, and
four years foreman of the North Star
Iron works, before taking his present
position. The job he is doing for the
Minneapolis and Pacific elevator is a
beauty, and he expects to have it COM
pleted soon. y = IS z
The Diamond mill, besides turning
out AN awful amount ofssawd lrst, fiiTnetf
out, also, a considerable QUANTITY Of
gold dust, " thus proving that it was
rightly named.
The score stick at the Leighton choni-
cook in good shape. Miss Stevens. a
young lady as go0d-loOking as she is
accomplished, keeps the books for her
father. Such examples of helpfulness
are very encouraging. G.. w. Davis,
who is business manager for III. L. Cor
don, has his Office at the Leighton mill.
He also has pretty horse and buggy
there, which. together with his social
traits of character, attract to him many
pretty smiles, and make him the boss
fellow with the deyOut sex.
Hall q Ducey made their usual big
haul. They say they intend to get
who looks after the saving, and PreSi-
dent Brown, of the DeSoto, are out on
their ''little escapadeS,f they had bet
ter keep their eye skinned that the re-
porter is not around Ed is a brother of
cOngenial Tom, one of the. stockholders
in the Hall & Ducey company. and
can pour in more ''solid comfOrt' than
any man in North Minneapolis. and the
two Sheylins, with Brown, form an
unique trio.
E. w. Beebe, agent and bookkeeper
for j. b. Chatterton, has some very re-
spect-inspiring qualities and fills the
Chatterton to T. Mr.. Chatterton
speaks in the highest terms and with
the deepest gratitude and respect of
his deceased partner, Mr.. Hobert.
At Bray d Robinson's they keep
moving band saws and all. Quimby and
Book are the outside monarchs of all
they survey. The latter tends to the
shipping, etc.
At WilcOx's planning mill everything
was still on Saturday, Mr.. Wilcox, like the
Worther mill, having given all the boys
an opportunity to see the state fair. AS
example says follow me, it is heped the
mot less humane"
The Fletcher mill now known as the
Washburn, has done better work for the
past week than it has been in the habit
of doing. 1t averaged $4,000 for ten
hours, every day in the week, which
made Superintendent Shaw smile COM
placently over the consciousness of duty
faithfully discharged. The satisfaction
of Engineers Sharp and Stanchfield, was
no less manifest, while they declared
there should be no slack up for want of
steam.
10 Nelson & Tenney got in full time
about 10000 in ten hours. Clough
Bros. got in five and half days. with
about the same average, for whom NJ.
:Mehan does the scaling.
The Minneapolis Straw Board and
Paper company are also among those
s..xho rejoice in good weeks work.
The employees, like those of all the saw
mills, rejOiced over their receipts; even
George Metcalf, the clerk whose Repub-
lican stomach is troubled with dys-
-pepsia, and who has not hair between
him and heaven, was among those who
rejOiced over such mundane trifies,
while the happy-go-lucky Charles Bald
win never gets possessed by any other
mood but happy one, no matter how
the wind blows.
The Carney Ceder mill was in mourn